Samsung Galaxy A8 announced in China

Samsung Mobiles announced the A8 smartphone in China. The Samsung Galaxy A8 is just 5.9mm thick and is powered by snapdragon 615 octa core processor. This handset sports a 5.7 inch screen and also comes with a fingerprint scanner.

Galaxy A8 was officially announced, however the price has not yet been disclosed. The A8 as mentioned is using the well known qualcomm snapdragon 615 cortex A53 64 bit octa core processor with Adreno 405 GPU.

It is running Android 5.1 out of the box with 2GB RAM and optional 16 / 32 GB of internal storage space. There is micro SD card support of up to 128GB. This smartphone sports a 5.7 inch super AMOLED screen with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution.

The rear camera is of 16MP resolution with flash support and the front camera is 5MP resolution. Rear camera is with f/1.9 aperture. Weight with battery is 151 grams. Key features are 4G, 3G, 2G, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi, finger print scanner (home button) and GPS with GLONASS.

The Galaxy A8 gets power from a 3050 mAh battery. Samsung has yet to reveal the price and announce its global launch.

Just check the number of comments, there would be 50-100 of them, everyone just says this phone is overpriced, probably everyone here knows about Snapdragon 615, everyone here know the specifications other brands are providing. Now let’s be practical, while people today might look for more VFM products, millions of them are still ignorant, what they know is SAMSUNG, golden finish, probably a higher MP camera and that’s it, they won’t ever know before buying that the processor heats up or we have other products with much better specifications at much lower prices. Let me tell you how things have changed, my colleagues and friends today are damn excited to check every new gadget launched by Xiaomi, Yu, InFocus, One Plus, Coolpad, Elephone, Lenovo, Acer and probably even a Moto. Once someone says i have got a new Samsung or Sony phone, people just don’t care. They know it won’t be something exciting.

I am sure, tomorrow would be different, general people would start thinking in the same line, a good number of people have changed their mindsets.

30k for this junk? Why? want to use it as a heater? Owing the brand value n fingerprint scanner and probably the Amoled screen as well, price should be around 20k mark, that’s it. 615 is a dead processor, be it Mi4i, Xolo Black or Samsung A8.

While Mi4i and Xolo Black have price advantages, what does Samsung have?

People who compare samsung with cheap brand like xiaomi, lenovo, onplus one are idiots. It might have more features at a less price than Samsung, lg etc but people with regret buying it in the long run due to bad/non-existent service as these phones would go kaput with half a year.

It cost more than the Chinese brands bcz this phone has SUPER AMOLED screen which is way better than shitty IPS screen. Also samsung service centers are everywhere and way better. It will also be available offline, also it would last long.

Samsungs last long? I hope you are not talking about Nokia. Samsung phones are pathetic as long as durability is concerned. We are in 21st century boss, mobiles get outdated every 6 months and companies like xiaomi, acer, motorola, infocus offer mobiles which are long lasting and much more durable than samsung. Only Amoled screen does not justify it’s pricing.

You are correct with the service center part though, Samsung mobiles need to be in service centers every now and then, it’s good that they have many but alas! once it reaches the service center, spare parts cost would be as high as the mobile price itself. When that happens, people like you quietly go and buy a Xiaomi cellphone.

If priced around 25k,it’d be great choice, from a far good brand with enough service centres across the nation. You can even get such big brand products repaired at even local service centres as spares won’t be a problem.

I hear ppl saying….its correct price as 25k…or 30k for stupid octacored 2gig ram phone with a sticker named shamesung…hard earned MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES….these are the days wer technology is wide spread…even lesser known brands are using standard chipsets that are used in bigger brands…BRAND loving fools stop commenting and misguiding other people!…what we buy today spending thousands of rupees becomes old technically next morning and has no resale…for there are new technically improved models coming over day by day!…..in my view in the present scenario spending 12-15k for any bloody android mobile is the max and wise choice not more than that! only fools spend excess money which i think are not their hard earned money!

Absolutely right, companies like samsung, sony, apple, htc,oppo, vivo etc are looting people. Why they can’t launch their products at very reasonable prices, when other companies like Xiaomi, asus, lenovo, elephone and many more are doing.. ??

The likely price will be 30 k. But 22 k will be a competitive price for the device, especially the 32 gb ROM version.

It is all very well talking about the One Plus Two but it will be extremely difficult to buy. I think that devices priced fairly close to the One Plus Two will enjoy good business when the Two is launched. Because all the people who could not manage to successfully order one during the flash sale will buy something fairly close in price to console themselves.

The chief advantage here is the vast storage(more than 150 gb available) Combined with the large screen, it should make a good choice for multimedia lovers. The 16 mp camera with an f/1.9 aperture will also be very nice. Touchwiz’s special features like MultiWindow can also be used without lag at these specs.

On the other hand, Snapdragon 615 octacore has been giving overheating and battery draining problems even in standard devices like the HTC Desire. Also being a mid-range device, it may not receive updates beyond 5.1, so not really a long-term option like the flagship OnePlus Two.